Aristocrat Pub to reopen in two weeks after repairing damage by fire

2:12 PM,
Oct. 3, 2012

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Call it cliché. But Aristocrat Pub & Restaurant in South Broad Ripple is rising from the ashes -- literally.

It was more than a year ago when a faulty stereo system sparked a fire that completely destroyed the historic Meridian-Kessler drinking and dining spot. Owner Rick Rising-Moore, who lives next door to the restaurant, woke up to a 2:30 a.m. fire alarm on Aug. 25, 2011, and saw black smoke coming out of the two-storey building.

The fire turned the nearly 80-year-old Aristocrat Pub into a hollow shell. The cost of damage, Rising-Moore said, is nearly $2.8 million. ...